[newgeezer]

Not good with numbers are you.

Where windpower is concerned, he doesn't know sh*t from Shinola.

But, he's self-confident and comfortable. That's all that really matters to the true FRetards. The earth is flat, and no one's going to tell them any different. ;O)

[SierraWasp]

"That's all that really matters to the true FRetards."

Oh my... an attack on ALL Freepers? Oh... that mistake wasn't nice at all!!!

[BOBTHENAILER]

Oil and Gas vs. Wind and Solar Energy: A nationally organized advocacy effort seeks to prohibit oil and gas exploration in key prospective areas. Proponents favor using renewable energy resources instead, particularly wind and solar systems, believing they are more environmentally benign and less polluting. While increased use of home solar systems would likely be well received by communities, their cost (about $20,000 for a 2,000 sq. ft. home) is out of reach for typical homeowners. At the community level, it would be difficult to overstate the complexities of siting, permitting, legal challenges and construction problems associated with large commercial wind or solar installations.

Paul K. Driessen of Fairfax, Virginia calculates that producing 50 megawatts of electricity from photovoltaics would mean covering 1,000 acres with solar panels. To produce the same amount of electricity with wind towers (100-200 feet high) would require some 4,000 acres. By comparison, less than half an acre would be required to produce 50 megawatts of electricity from oil, or 2 to 5 acres for natural gas.

This is from a study on ANWR, FYI